Apparatus for bordering letter-paper.



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H. G. TURNER.

APPARATUS FOR BORDERING LETTER PAPER.

(Application filed July 24, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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No. 675,803. Patented June 4, 190i. H. G. TURNER.

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(Application filed July 24, 1900) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Shoat 2.

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HARRY G. TURNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR BORDERING LETTER-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 675,803, dated June 4,1901.

Application filed July 24,1900. Berial No. 24,713. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HARRY G. TURNER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Phi1adelphia,State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Laying OutCards, Papers, Envelops, &c., for Bordering, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improved construction of a machine forlaying out cards, papers, envelops, or other material for borderingwherein the action of the hand is aided in laying out said material on asuitable platform, so that each sheet or piece may leave uncovered asmuch of the next below it as is to be covered with thebordering-pigment.

To the above end the invention consists of a novel construction ofmechanism for raising and lowering or rocking suitable gage-pins orsimilar devices and at the same time simultaneously imparting at theproper intervals a step-by-step movement to the platform, said gage-pinsor gage-arm being depressed toward the platform for the next sheet to bemoved up thereto.

It also consists of a novel construction of adjusting device, wherebythe width of the borderis regulated according torequirements.

It also consists of novel means for enabling the platform after the samehas traveled to its extreme rear position to be readily restored to itsextreme forward position.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a machine for laying out cards,papers, envelops, &c., for bordering embodying my invention. Fig. 2represents a side elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents, on an enlarged scale, a side elevation of one of theadjustable gage-pins and its adjuncts employed. Fig. 4 represents, on anenlarged scale, an end elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents, on anenlarged scale, a perspective View of an, end of the platform, having asheet of suitable material thereon, showing also the clamping devicecarried thereby.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bed or framework of themachine, the same being provided with the parallel guides or grooves 2,u pon which the platform 3 is adapted to travel, the movement of saidplatform being effected by means of the flexible connection 4, which isactuated by a treadle or pedal and which passes over the pulley 5 andhas a connection to the end 6 of the arm 7, which latter is fast on therod 9, which carries the arm 10, located at about the center of themachine, to the extremity of which latter armis attached the uprightpost 11, whose upper end is connected to the arm 12, which moves inunison with the arm 10, it being understood that said arm 12 is mountedon a rod 13 above the rod 9, both of said rods being suitably journaledin the brackets 14. The proper position of the frame 15, which is formedby the post 11 and the arms 10 and 12, is assured by means of the cord16, which is connected to the lower'end of the arm 7 and passes over thepulley 17, said cord 16 carrying the weight 18, although it will ofcourse be understood that, if desired, a spring or other equivalentdevice may be used in place of said weight.

\Vhen the cord 4 is actuated in the direction of the arrow at, a pullwill be imparted to the arm 7, whereupon the frame 15 will be firstelevated, carrying with it the angularly-arranged rods 19, attachedthereto, said rods supporting the heads 20, which are held in thedesired position thereupon by means of the set-screws 21 or similardevices and being situated at an angle of forty-five degrees to the lineof movement of the platform.

The heads 20 are provided with openings in which the gage pins 23 aremovably mounted, each of said pins having the guide or projection 24,which travels in the upright slot or groove 22. The gage-pins 23 areprovided with the lower shoulders 26, having lips 25 projectingtherefrom, and between the shoulders 26 and the bottom of each head 20is interposed the spring 27, wherefrom it will be seen that the normaltendency of said spring is to depress the point of the gage-pin towardthe platform 3 or the material carried thereby, the projections 24,carried by said pins, serving to limit the downward movement of saidpins. A pull on the connection 4 will move the arm 7 to the right untilthe latter contacts with the end of the lever 28, which is lfulcrumed at29, said lever having attached thereto one end of the spring 31, theother end of the latter being secured to a suitable fixed point 33designates a connection leading from the end 34 of the lever 28 to theend of the clamp 35, which is loosely mounted on the rod 36, the ends ofwhich are carried by the supports 37, which are attached to the platformThe clamp 35 has an opening 38 therein of greater diameter than thediameter of the rod 36 and is held in the proper position by means ofthe spring or other tension device 36, the latter having one endattached to the upper portion of said clamp, while the other end issecured to a suitable fixed point or strip 40, 41 designates a secondclamp which is also loosely mounted upon the rod 36 and has attached toits lower extremity one end of the spring 42, the other end of thelatter being secured to the fixed point or arm 43, the upper extremityof said clamp 41 being held between the strips and 8.

44 designates a cord or other connection having one end attached to thelower extremity 45 of the clamp 41, its other end being attached to thelever 46, which is fulcrumed at 47. 48 designates a second cord havingone end attached to the lever 46, while its other extremity is securedto the upper end 49 of the clamp 35, wherefrom it will be seen that apull on the lever 46 in the direction of the arrow 1) will cause theclamps 35 and 41 to stand at a right angle or in an upright positionwith respect to the rod 36, whereupon the platform 3 can be moved as farin either direction as may be desired.

If desired, of course, the cord 44 and the cord 48 may be made of asingle cord and passed through an opening in the lever 46 or overapulley, it being thus seen that the same can be made either in twopieces or one.

50 designates a stop or abutment which is preferably formed of wire orother suitable material and depends from the member 51, which latter maybe attached to the adjustable plate 52, adjacent to which is located thescale 53, the desired position of the plate 52 and the stop 50 beingassured by means of the set-screw or other fastening device 54.

In practice it is desirable to place upon the platform 3 a sheet ofpaper, pasteboard, or other suitable material 55, the same being held inposition by means of the clamping devices 56, the latter consisting of alever 57, fulcrumed at the point 58 and having the eccentric curved orarc-shaped groove or slot 59 therein, the walls of said-groove beingengaged by a pin 60, which is carried by the clamping member 61, whichlatter has the lip 62, which engages the sheet of material 55, saidclamping member having a slot 63 therein, through which passes the pin64, which is secured in the platform 3, whereby the member 61 iseffectively guided in all its movements.

65 designates sheets of the material spaced.

The operation is as follows: A sheet of paper is first placed inposition with its edges in contact with the extremities of the pins 23,which are now in their lowest position. A pull on the connection 4 willcause a movement of the arm 7 and raise the frame 15, rods 19, and thegage-pins 23 and their adjuncts. A further pull on the connection 4 willcause the lower extremity of the arm 7 to contact with the end 30 of thelever 28, whereupon the connection will move in the direction of thearrow 0, and by reason of the tension of the spring 39 the wall of theopening 38 will bite the rod 36 and an intermittent movement will beimparted to the platform 3, the stop 50 limiting the extent of rearwardmovement of the lever 28, as will be evident. The weight 18 restores theparts to their normal position, and each time the treadle (not shown) isdepressed ora pull exerted upon the connection 4, as explained, it willbe seen that the frame 15 will be elevated and the platform 3simultaneously advanced. When the gage-pins 23 are in their lowestposition, each successive sheet is fed up to them and the sheet is heldin place by the hand of the operator, while the treadle (not shown) isdepressed, thereby causing the gage-pins to be clear of the sheet, atwhich period the platform is propelled a step or the width of the borderdesired. The pedal is released,and the gage-pins descend upon the sheetthat has last been laid in position, and another sheet is fed to saidgage-pins, and so on, until the platform is full, when the sheets areremoved to the desired place to have the pigment applied to the edgesthereof.

The width of the border is regulated by the adjustment of the stop 50,since when it is locked at its extreme left-hand position the outer endof the lever 28 will move a greater distance than when the stop 50 is inits extreme right hand position, and hence the clamp 35 moves back agreater distance on the rod 36, and when it bites the latter will causethe same to move a greater distance than when the stop is in itsright-hand position, and any intermediate adjustment can be made.

66 designates a stop situated in the path of the clamp 35, which limitsthe forward movement thereof and prevents the platform from being jerkedtoo far. The clamp 41 prevents the platform from moving backward after astep forward has been taken. After the platform has been filled it isdrawn back to the extreme opposite position, which reversing of saidplatform is effected as follows: The lever 46 is operated in thedirection of the arrow I), (seen in Fig. 1,) wherefrom it will beapparent that the clamps 35 and 41 will stand in a substantially uprightposition or at-right angles to the rod 36, whereupon said platform canbe readily moved to its extreme righthand position, (seen in Figs. 1 and2,) accord ing to requirements.

Vhen it is desired to border envelops, one of the gage-pins is removed,leaving one pin on each branch of the gage-rods 19, the gagepins beingthen placed at an equal distance from the crotch or angle of thegage-rods and far enough apart to allow the corners of said envelops tofit between said gage-pins. The springs on the gage-pins take up anyunevenness of the paper and insure a proper contact at all times. Thegage-pins are provided wit-h the lips 25, which assist to guide thepaper to the pin and keep the same fiat to prevent curling of saidpaper, said lips being placed upon the pins so as to be always an equaldistance above the point of contact.

The function of the slot 19 in the rod 19 (shown in Fig. 3) and of theset-screws 21 is to allow for centering, whereby the pins are alwaysretained in a perpendicular position.

It will be apparent that by constructing the frame 15 with the parallelarms 10 and 12 the gage-pins will always when in operative position beperpendicular and descend in a proper manner upon the paper.

It will be apparent that slight changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do nottherefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction I have herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of a frame, a movable platform thereon, amovable frame mounted above said platform, spring-actuated gage-pinsmounted on said frame, a rod attached to said platform, clamps engagingsaid rod, and means for raising and lowering said gage-pins andactuating one of said clamps.

2. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of a frame, a movable platform thereon,angular rods supported above the latter, heads on said rods, gage-pinsmovably mounted in said heads, slots in said heads, projections fromsaid pins movable in said slots, shoulders on the lower portions of saidpins, and springs intermediate said heads and shoulders.

3. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &e., forbordering, the combination ofa frame,a movable platform thereon, a rodattached to the bottom thereof, a clamp through which said rod passes, aspring for holding the upper end of said clamp in position, a leversuitably fulcrumed, a connection from the lower end of said clamp tosaid lever, and means for rocking said lever.

ii"- In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of rods 9 and 13 suitably supported, arms 10and 12 projecting therefrom, an upright post 11 joining the ends of saidarms,

angular rods 19 supported from said arms and post, heads mounted on saidrods, spring-actuated gage pins mounted in said heads, grooves in rods19 for centering said heads, an arm 7 depending from said rod 9, aframe, a movable platform thereon, means for actuating said arm 7, andmechanism common to said latter arm and said platform, whereby anintermittent movement is imparted to the latter.

5. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of ,a frame, a platform thereon, a rodattached to the under side thereof, spring-actuated clamps mounted onsaid rod, means for intermittently actuating one of said clamps,spring-pressed gage-pins supported above said platform, and means forraising and lowering said gage-pins.

(i. In a machine for laying out cards, papers and the like, forbordering, the combination of a frame, a plat-form thereon, one or moregage-pins supported above said platform, a lever 7 operating to raiseand lower the gage-pins, a second lever 28 engaged and operated by thelever 7, and giving a step-bystep movement to the platform, stops forlimiting the movement of said lever 28, one of said stops being madeadjustable and connected with a movable plate, and a scale adjacent tosaid plate.

7. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of a frame, a platform thereon, a rodattached to the lower portion thereof, springactuated clamps throughwhich said rod passes, means for intermittently actuating one of saidclamps, and devices for enabling the movement of said platform to bereversed, consisting of a lever 46 suitably fulcrumed, and a connectionleading from the top and bottom of said clamps respectively to saidlever, whereby said clamps can be actuated in unison.

8. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of a frame consisting of the arms 10 and 12mounted on the rods 9 and 13, and the post 11, joining said arms,spring-pressed gage-pins carried by said frame, an arm 7 depending fromsaid rod 9, a weighted cord attached to an end of said arm pullingit inone direction, means for actuating the latter in an opposite direction,a lever 28 adapted to be actuated by said arm, a spring for holding saidlever in position, a frame, a movable platform thereon, a rod attachedto the under side thereof, clamps mounted on said rod, springs forholding said clamps in position, a connection from said lever 28 to oneof said clamps, and means for actuating said clamps in unison, wherebysaid platform can be reversed in direction.

9. I11 a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &c., forbordering, the combination of a frame, a platform thereon, a rodattached to the under side thereof, springactuated elamps mounted uponsaid rod,

means for intermittently actuating one of said clamps, the other of saidclamps adapted to prevent the backward movement of said platform,spring-pressed gagepins support ed above said platform, and. means forraising and lowering said gage-pins.

10. In a machine for laying out cards, papers, envelops, &e., forbordering, the combination of a frame, a platform thereon, a rodattached to the under side thereof, springaetuated clamps mounted onsaid rod, means for intermittently actuating one of said clamps,spring-pressed gage-pins supported above said platform, means forraising and lowering said gage-pins, and a stop for checking the forwardmovement of said intermittently-actuated clamp, and preventing theplatform from being jerked too far.

HARRY G. TURNER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDnRsIIEIM, 1 WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM.

